8 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN of weird and \. igorous instruments The go- ing is best when Avranl Grobard, prop., and whate\ er friends are on hand conspire; it i disnlal \"hen a quartet of itinerant rockers plug into the sockets. The dining can be as Israeli as you wish. Dancing. Closed Mon- days. THE TWELVE STEPS. 44 W. 54th St. (r{} 2-234 8 )- Relninders of "Spoon River" and of "Our TO\Hl" are inventively 'woven into a relnark- ably soft-spoken rock musical by the Inusi- cians known as 1'\ More Perfect Union and by a fevv' friends. At nine and eleven, froln \Vednesday through Saturday each \veek, in a Inlnute crack in the walls of this big city. ,\n adequate table is set. UPSTAIRS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS. 37 VV. 56th St. (TLT 2- 1244 )-"\ìV eigh-In, \ìV ay-Out," the incunl- bent boy-and-girl n1Íniature revue, which has a lot to say about a lot of nlatters, has a lot to be said for it, even though sonle of the skits get in their own weiglllng-in. The cast is industrious indeed, but Inoderate, exc pt for a certain Pdnl Myers. T\\ice ever) night but Sundav and Christtnas. BIG DEALS (Dinner and supper, nlusic, dnd a sh0\\T ) ALPINE CELLAR, in the Hotel Mc 1\lpin, Broad\"ay at 34th St. (PE 6-5700)-A Bavarian Brau- erei, thinly disguised as a Nlitteleuropa oper- eea-nlerry villagers, dancers, singers, brass- ba'tJdsnlen, on pern1anent and powerful duty frOln six to one every night but Sunday. The provender i what goes \\Íth red cdbbag-e and draft heer. AMERICANA, Seventh 1'\ve. at S2nd St. (LT I- 1000)- The Royal Box acconlmodates, dur- ing the dinner and supper hour , the Conti- nental (in the best sense) Tony Sandler, \-vho..,e persiflage is fair enough and Vv hose singing is all right. His fonnat requires the enlp 1 0yl11eut of a straight U1an, though possi- bly 01W not quite that traight. The dance nlU- sic, good as gold. is Inade by the orchestra of Le Evans. Except for a holiday of lis own (Sunday, Dec. 2 I, through Christmas Day), this operation \\ ill carr) on through thE' standard holidavs. CHÂTEAU MADRID. Lexington 1\ ve. at 48th St (752-8080)- The good life led onstage by I os Chavales de España (no a!arunl but plenty of excursions into ong and dance) hould set an exau1ple for all who do not kno,\ "hat to do \\ ith theIr own lives The example may be studied during dinner and supper every single night. . . . Don1Îngo Al- varado ("oice) and I eo Rivera (guitar), the pernlanent party of thE' 11linute Flamenco Ro 0 111 , are men of affairs-of the heart, though, for \d1Ích they are a perfect fonn of Inusicianship. Their lal11ent begins at ten, like,\ i..,e every single night. COPACABANA. 10 E. 60th St. (758-0900 ) -The home-fronl-college student body \-\Till be re- ceived-fronl Thursday, Dec 18, on-by 01- i\.er, a non-Dickensian singer nevertheless apt to evoke the response of "More! More!" fronl this segnlent of the clientele. The other trappings are even less Dicken ian. . . . In the ground-floor lounge, the eastern border of Nevada, there is Inusic fronl ten o'clock on DOWNPEAT. Lexington Ave. at 42nd St. (88q- 5 100)- The floral, and aural, disp!ays are aU hardy perennials: Bobby Hackett' silver- threaded horn and his band (Vic Dickenson in the front rank), and the trio of Teddy \ìVilson Many happy returns! Six-thirty un- til two, and nothing at all on Sundays. No dancing. PLAZA, Fifth Ave. at 59th St. (PL 9-3 000 )- On V../ ednesday, Dec. 17, during supper. Roslyn Kind, half sister to Barbra Streisand, will open her young nlouth for the first titne in the Persian Roonl and in this to\" n. FrOl11 then on. she'll sing during both dinner and supver The orchestras of Burt Farber and Mark Monte will hUln contentedlv the eve- ning through Closed Sundays. . . . én The nlU- sic for cerebration in PLAZA 9-AND ALL THAT JAZZ conles from the quintet of Earl Hines, a truly Inost happy fellow and a Inost excellent pian- ist. (:vIr. H. gets too much cvclanlate into SOlne of his passages, but he renlains a great Inan.) The music for featly footing it COlnes from Marty Napoleon's persuasive triad. Dinner (and music) at eight; the music plays on and on, but there is no supper. No action for the week beginning Monday, Dec. 22, S-M-T-w-r-F-S 12212J t : I :5 \ :6\ 21 - though. . . . The Space Age could learn <i great deal by studying the lofty lineanlents of the Palnl Court. Piano and violin (Sandu Marcu) comnlune blissfully fronl four-thirty until six-thirty for crunlpets and tea and violin (nearly alv. ays Gunnar Hansen's worldly, Old \ìVorldly one) takes flight of fancy fr0111 eight until one ever) night but Sundav and Christnlas. . . . The Marcu flo- ttlla diso operates in the Edwardian ROOll1, except Sundays, froln seven until ten-thirt) in general, but only until nine on Christ111as. RAINBOW GRILL. 30 Rockefeller Plaza. (PL 7- 897 0 )-Cozy Cole, \" hose drulnbeats \\ e rare- ly encounter anynlore, is part of the Jonah J ones quartet, so the living is easy and the nlusic is both forthright and cajoling. Ted A..uletta run a jolly threesOlne, and all goes well until Carnlel Quinn, vvho is itl1bued with what used to be called "artistic inclinations." begins to sing The Inusic starts off at eight. Sundays are dark. ROOSEVElT GRILL. Madison A\.e. at 45 th St (MU 6-9200)- \Nho are Yank Lawson, Bob Haggart, Billy Butterfield, Lou McGarity, Bud Freelnan, Ralph Sutton, Bob \Vilber, Carl Fontana, and Gus Johnson, Jr.. but (as they freely admit) the \V orId's Greatest Jazz Band. which is willing to play not only for dinner, beginning at seven, but for danc- ing, until early 1110rn, except on Sundays and 1 ondays? To keep the nlotion perpetual. the veteran and invincible Joe Venuti dnd cre\\- (Cliff Leenlan, Lou Stein. and Jdck Lesberg) spell this juggernaut. Clo ed Christtnas E, e. ST. REGiS-SHERATON. Fifth Ave. at 55th St. (PL 3-45 00 )- arguerite Piazza. Vv ho should cmne around Inore often, ends her sumptuous songfests (dinner and upper) in the Maison- ette on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Next evening's drrival is Thelmd Carpenter, a cdroller who should like\-\ ise come around nlore often. The bands run by- Quintero and Hdl Turner vvill be staying on. Closed Sundays and Christnlds. . . . f] La Boite, the across-the-way retreat for those who like to think things out in p ace and quiet, is under the 111ild jurisdic- tion of Ernest Schoen's unobtrusive violin and Jules Kuti's unobtrusi\.e piano. Clo ed Sunday" and Christn1as. WALDORF-AsTORIA. Park ..-\.ve. at 49 th St (EL 5- 3 000 )-1 n the Elnpire Room, at dinner and upper, Frankie Valli and the Four S" a ,on '3 consider the artifacb of the POP-lllusic tt-ade. The dance music, amiable and equitable, i nlainh in the hands of Charles Turecamo. Closed Sundavs, Christnlas Eve, ancl Christ- Inas. SMALL AND BOUNCY (Dining but no dancing, except as Indicated) CAFÉ CARLYLE. Madison Ave. at 76th St. (RH 4- 1600): Bobby Short, the candidate for night Inayor most likely to succeed, breaks out his voice, his piano, and his guardSlnen (Beverly Peer and Dick Sheridan) at half past nine. It's nice work. and yOU can get it untiì two in the 11l0rning Closed Sunday and Christ- Inas. . . . CHUCKS' COMPOSITE. 303 E. 53n1 St (EL 5-8825): Coeducdtion can be beautiful on a calnpu as unperturbed as this one. The occasional music conles from the Pat J one duo, \-\ hich "tays home SunddY . Closed Christmas Eve dnd Chri ttnas.... JAMAICA ARMS. 1315 Second Ave., at 69 th St. (YU 8- 5 8 50): A.ged-in-the-wood Janlaican donlestic architecture, aged-in-the-wood J anlaican rUIn, and a Jack-in-the-pulpit kind of itiner- ant calyp o singer, who does his roundelays fronl dinner through supper every night but Sunday, Monday, and Christmas. . . . LA CHAN- SONNETTE. 890 Second Ave., at 47th St. (PL 2- 73 20 ): Housewarn1Íngs by the lady of the manor, RIta Duuitri, happen five night d week (no Sunday, no IVlonddY). A do.::ile dance crew makes music during the evening, and at nine-thirty 'weekdays and at dinner al 1 d supper Fridays and Saturdays Mlle. D. climb", to the roof of a pid110 and sings, Tonlouse- I autrec stvle. fOl friends and their gue')l"'. Closed Ch i",tn1as.... CHARDAS, 3 0 7 E. 79 th St. (RH 4-9382). Budapest Mon \1110Ur. The tributes are issned bv Tibor Rako sy (tenor and host), Béla Éabai's gypsy en- canlplnent, and "ha e', er other singers a!'e in the house. Dancing. Closed :Mondays. . .. ASTI. 13 E. 12tll St. CA..L 5-9773): Schola cantorum, in which the waiters doub e in bra s tones and the diners frequently- serve as pedr- and tune-carriers. 1 he amiable rumble tdkes place e"ery night but l\londay ;11'Ù Christmas. . . . GRENADIER, 863 First Ave., <11 4 8th St. (753-2060): Tn the bar of what does seelll like a bit of a well-kno\"n sceptred isle ')its Lynn Richdn1.." \\ ho plies her pid110 a d soprano Nlonday thropgh Sdturday ill the Inanner of "hoop-de-do New Y ork ine until tv 'o is her plan of attack. Closed Chr:st- nlas. . . . A QUIET LITTLE TABLE IN THE CORNER. belo""vdecks in the Executive Hotel, 237 faù- ison 1\ve., at 37th S... (685-7160): A bumpcr- lo-bumper traffic jalll that bothers none of the guests, \"ho he-we no intention of nlovil g 011. The music in this bar-and-grill conles frotl1 :\1unel Robert", (her restrained jaz.l p'ano serves fronl five-thirty until nine-thirty Tues- days through Fridays, from seven to nine- thirty Saturdays) ar'd Scott Reed (hi ro- mance piano serves frOtn nine-thirty l1ntil three Tuesdays through Saturdavs) Both players are also given to bursts of song-. Closed Chri tmas. SMALL AND SERENE ( Dining. but no ddncing.) CHÂTEAU HENRI IV. 37 E. 64th St (RE 7- 88 I 8) : No difficulty at all ahout living like kings, for the appurtenances--lnoat, arnlor, medieval a'.chitecture-were left behind intact \\ hen Henl i IV moved into a nlodern co-op. 1-I er- man A..nninski, vdlose piano speaks the Ro- Inance languages. is therE' every night but Sunday, and the fid{l1e handled by George Cardini is in serv ice frol11 Tuesday through Sdturday. The restaurant is pastoral; the bar Cdn be rUlnbustions. . . . SIGN OF THE DOVE, I I 10 Third .\ve., at 65th St. (UN 1-8080): \i\TherE' every prospect pleases-life in rural Unlbria in the back roOtns, life in a leisured e\V York in the bar, in which Lynn Nlul- linax fron1 six to midnight, except Sundays, plays hi buoyant piano. Closed Christtna.;: E"e and Christtnas.... SALUM SANCTORUM, I 112 [hird Ave" at 65th St. (UN 1-949 2 ): The upper half of the ...allle enterprise, hut \\.orlds apart in every dspect. In one of the alcoves on display there is a piano. Clo ed Sunday , Christmd,) Eve, and Christtnds ... IPERBOLE. 137 E. 55th St. (759-97 20 ): In thi", \\ ell-ordered Roman \vay of life, dining be- cOlnes a cdreer inst" ad of a wee pause for re- freshments. The 1nise en scène i.., already 197 0 , but the Inusic (Enrico Pianori's tenor and guitar) belongs to a fine Old World Se\..- en until one, and every night. . . . DRAKE ROOM. 7 1 E. 56th St. (HA 1-0900): Angels, theatri- cal and otherwise, fear not to tread. FrOtn cocktails until after-the-theatre supper. the piano is in the hands of Dick Hankinson, who is on duty everv e\'ening but Sunday. . . . SHER- RY-NETHERLAND, Fifth Ave. at 59th St. (EL 5- 2800): J[ aisol1 de style and music roonl, too, for there is piano (five-thirty to eight, nine to twelve-thirty) e"\'ery night except Sunday and Mondav.... CAFÉ RENAISSANCE. 33 8 E. 49 th St. (PL I-3 60): The Grand Tour of Spanish architecture. The accOtnpaninlent is the guitdr. classic in its silnplicity <:lJ.1d au- thenticity, of Rog;:>1io Reg-uera, who "cts to between seven-thirty and e ght every evenipg but Sunday a,-d keeps on until Ì\\,ehe-thirty or one; the nourishment is both A..nlerican plan and --\.ndalusian Closed Christtnas... . REMBRANDT ROOM. in the Stanhope Hotel, Fifth '\ve. at 8ISt St (BlT 8-5800): George Feyer last of the Hapsburgs, is doing his Viennese piano, and SOlnetitnes serving as lyrical town crier, in this elaborate conservatory. Eight- thirty until one-thirty, but not on Sundays . . . MONSIGNORE. 61 E. 55th St. (EL 5- 20 7 0 ) : \ìV alking-around music by an assortnlent of tireless serenaders, \V ho are on their feet at the stroke of seven Closed Sundavs and Christnlas. . . . LA RONDE. in the Anl ricana Hotel, Seventh A..ve. at 52nd St (L T 1-